Edward George McGregor

Edward George McGregor (born March 29, 1973) is an American serial killer. A former UPS delivery driver, McGregor raped and killed four women in the Greater Houston area between 1990 and 2006. He was connected to the crimes via DNA evidence in 2006, after which he was convicted of one and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Murders Kim Wildman At approximately 11:45 p.m. on April 17, 1990, the Missouri City police department received a frantic 911 call from a woman identifying herself as 38-year-old Kim Louis Wildman. Wildman reportedly was crying out for help claiming to have been stabbed multiple times in her home by a black man. The call abruptly ended, and police cars hurriedly drove to her home, and when they arrived they forced themselves in and found her nude body on the kitchen floor. Since she did not identify the attacker during the call, the recording was forwarded to the FBI for further investigation. Despite an extensive investigation, with even the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) putting up a $1,000 bounty to find the killer, the case stalled and the only piece of evidence of the perpetrator was his DNA.

Edwina Barnum On May 25, 1994, at approximately 2:20 am, the neighbors of Edwina Latriss Barnum, 23, noticed her apartment door was slightly ajar. Upon realizing it had been kicked in they contacted the apartment management and entered the apartment. In the bathroom they located her dead body. Responding officers arrived, and along with a subsequent autopsy, they concluded that the killer had used a belt to strangle Barnum to death. They also stated that she had been murdered a few hours beforehand, likely when she returned home from work, and that the killer followed her back to the apartment. Investigators struggled to find potential suspects, and the case went cold.

Danielle Subjects At around 1 p.m. on August 5, 2005, the roommates of 28-year-old Danielle Subjects let themselves into her home in South Houston and discovered her nude body lying over her partially filled bathtub. The previous day, Subjects had dropped off her two children at a daycare before returning home, and investigators believe she was killed at around 10:30 am. She had been stripped, sexually assaulted, and strangled to death, with her killer subsequently ransacking the house and rummaging through her purse before leaving. Male DNA was discovered at the crime scene. No signs of forced entry were found during the investigation, but investigators suspected that due to marks on the body, Rubin likely fought with her killer. She too was sexually assaulted. Police identified the caller as McGregor, a resident of Houston who was a UPS delivery driver of eleven years and who lived in the same apartment building as Rubin. In April 2006, investigators in Missouri City were notified about McGregor, as he was making plans to leave Houston and move into his childhood home. When the results came back, his DNA was a match to the DNA found on Wildman's body, and on May 1 police pulled McGregor over as he was on route during his shift; he surrendered without incident and was taken into custody. McGregor was held on $1,000,000 bail, which was later reduced to $250,000 which he posted, and he was released from police custody later in May.

On December 1, McGregor was re-arrested after his DNA was matched to Barnum's murder. Despite the overwhelming evidence, including his alleged confession, McGregor openly stated that he was innocent. His family members believed him and took the stand during his trial. McGregor's brother, Tesfa, stated that on the night Wildman was killed, he and McGregor were up playing video games. In Tesfa's statements, he said he "dozed off" at around 11:00 p.m. and woke up later that night to hear some loud talking coming from outside. McGregor was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 15 years served. As of , he is imprisoned at the Clarence N. Stevenson Unit in Cuero, Texas.

Alleged misconduct In September 2016, McGregor and his lawyers requested a new trial. McGregor, who was still persisting he was innocent, argued that the DNA evidence was weak and circumstantial, and that the witnesses who testified against him should not have been trusted as they were convicted criminals. Later in November they also argued that one of the main witnesses against McGregor, Delores Lee, had fabricated her entire story. It was found that Lee did not live across from Wildman, nor did she have cancer, making all of her testimony questionable. Exley claimed that, while she did fail to communicate with defense attorneys during the trial, McGregor nevertheless received a fair trial, and that's why his appeal was denied. She also claimed that what she did was not done in malicious intent, but it was done to ensure that a serial killer would remain behind bars for the rest of his life.